I've done a little research on my mobo and realised that it has an m.2 slot, originally I didn't know.
I know there is a lot of hype around m.2 NVMe SSDs for "amazing load times" and what not.
My current system has all SSDs currently in there, 2 from Samsung and 2 from Corsair (these are the two I'd most likely replace).
My PC is mostly used for gaming, playing MMORPGs, FFXIV specifically.
I've looked up some info about M.2 SSDs but the info ranged from 2014 to 2019 so I'm not sure how relevant or factual any of that information is in 2021.
If I were to buy an m.2 NVMe drive, I'd probably buy a 500gb or 1tb drive and load my OS and games onto that. 1tb is certainly enough and 500gb would be doable. It would be replacing 2 of my older SSDs. Would I see an actual difference? My OS is currently on a Samsung 850 EVO SSD, and my games on a partition made across the 850 PRO and 2 Corsair SSDs I have.
Another question is I understand that a game only takes from the SSD when it loads so "M.2 don't really give benefit to games" it's under my impression this kind of info usually refers to single player games, or multiplayer games, like Skyrim, or Battlefield.
I play MMORPG games though which tend to load things in and out very often. Loading between different zones in the game, loading in different players, different models, effects etc etc.
Does this make the above info irrelevant to MMORPG games or is it still the same principle?
For reference, my Motherboard is an Asus Maximus Hero VII.
I know there is a lot of hype around m.2 NVMe SSDs for "amazing load times" and what not.
My current system has all SSDs currently in there, 2 from Samsung and 2 from Corsair (these are the two I'd most likely replace).
My PC is mostly used for gaming, playing MMORPGs, FFXIV specifically.
I've looked up some info about M.2 SSDs but the info ranged from 2014 to 2019 so I'm not sure how relevant or factual any of that information is in 2021.
- They're too expensive (referring to using a single m.2 1tb SSD for your only drive)
- Games do not benefit from M.2 NMVe drives if you are already using SSDs (the performance is the same)
- The only benefit of M.2 is load times, once a game loads the data it needs from the SSD it no longer needs the SSD.
If I were to buy an m.2 NVMe drive, I'd probably buy a 500gb or 1tb drive and load my OS and games onto that. 1tb is certainly enough and 500gb would be doable. It would be replacing 2 of my older SSDs. Would I see an actual difference? My OS is currently on a Samsung 850 EVO SSD, and my games on a partition made across the 850 PRO and 2 Corsair SSDs I have.
Another question is I understand that a game only takes from the SSD when it loads so "M.2 don't really give benefit to games" it's under my impression this kind of info usually refers to single player games, or multiplayer games, like Skyrim, or Battlefield.
I play MMORPG games though which tend to load things in and out very often. Loading between different zones in the game, loading in different players, different models, effects etc etc.
Does this make the above info irrelevant to MMORPG games or is it still the same principle?
For reference, my Motherboard is an Asus Maximus Hero VII.